Five More interesting ideas for consideration

1. Value generation at source in agriculture. The problem with Nepali agriculture is aggregation and transportation of low-value items. What if instead of paying 10 rs on transportation for tomatoes that go for 30 rs/kilo, they increased they value of tomato-associated products so that they were selling something (sauce/tomato-in-oil, etc) for 500/kilo. Transportation costs being the same, the issues associated with aggregation and transportation would go down.
   
   This would also solve the 'preservation' problem for a lot of rural farmer, because value-add would involve preservation.
   
   
2. High-value produce near customers. The problem with agriculture transportation is that tastier varietals don't travel well, and those that travel well don't travel as well. So what if farmers near Kathmandu grew the really tasty varieties that are otherwise tricky to transport or don't last. Because they're close to customers, and ideally they're ordered by customers on-demand, there won't be loss associated with storage and transportation.
   
   
3. Creation of a 'market' for goods transportation, specifically agriculture products. Say for example taxies and public transport vehicles going to tourist destinations, if they have to come back empty, that's a lot of lost potential value. What if we could create a market between local farmers/producers, and transportation folks (private, public, rapid, whatever) where folks could decide to transport products from one place to another for price. The trust issue involved could be solved by the involvement of local authorities. "Let no vehicle go empty"
   
   
4. Homestay programs for rural villages, where the villages have left. People 'rent out' their homes where nobody lives for super cheap. An intermediary refurbishes the place, and rents them out until the cost is recovered. After the recovery period, the profits are shared between the intermediary and the owners.
   
   
5. Use local raw materials (eg. goat hair, goat hide, agriculture waste) to create value-added products.